Nebraska Newspapers

    12 THE OMAHTA DAILY BEE : THTJHSDAY MAT B , 1808.
TALES rJPf TELEGRAPHERS
Ourious Stories Told by Some Veterans
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PECULIAR -CLICKS OF NOTED OPERATORS
A ItnmtMirittnvnt < lint Wnn nepor < l
Over < h .WJrrn , Tliotmh It Wn
Korlilddrn The Cnmtnff
' Sliced Tournament.
Juiit at present the nlr Is surcharged ivlth
a ( Treat dcftl ot electrical talk apropos of the
tournament of tclegrapuuis to bo held In
New York at the Madison Square garden
durlng'tho ' month nf May under the ousplces
ol the New York Electrical society.
lldttnhly , the tounr.iniijnt la divided ln < o
two big classes , the wmllng events nnd thn
receiving" events , the former being much the
most Important. Gwipt-cHors In ( ho sending
events sent off as man/ words on they t'oa- '
elbly con during a ji'rloJ of Hvo mlnuU-s.
These In the receiving events "toko" na
many word * ns possible , sent to them during
fc period of thirty minutes. In the tourna
ment of 1S ! 3 some surprising records were
made , F. J. Khlm of the Brooklyn BnRlo
Staff , C. D. White of the Associated Press
and Tronic Catlln tied at 248 words , though
White had few errors against him at the
finish. GlljFon made a record of 210 words ,
Frank English 23'J , and Illnnnnt l36. ! All
tlicso men arc expected to coinpoto again
this year , and It Is quite possible that last
year's best record may b ) bettered by one
of them. The prUo in c.icn clas'i v.lll b
$100 for Hrst and { 75 for second ulacc. Spec-
clal events will bo a sending c.mtcst limited
to female operators , and n cede contest lor
senders and receivers , unknown matter In
the Phillips code to be handled.
CURIOUS THINGS DONE.
The expert telegrapher Is as far removed
from the ordinary operator as U Iho orator
from the stammering schoolboy. In sending
his dispatches nil the mcclumlcr.l side of his
craft seems to be eliminated ; ho loses all
.consciousness of the key and iho fii
FRANK J. KIHM. CHAMPION TELE-
GRAPIIEU.
of clicks. Ho talks to his maclitno as he
would talk to u friend , nevi r thinking how
ho forms his \\ords or letters. Some of
these wonders can even send upon one key
nnd-rocclvo from another simultaneously. II
U tbo same In the matter of receiving. In
rending a page of print the reader naver
stops to separate Iho sentences Into vr.rds
and the words Into letters. He does not
spell. The shape of the word Is enough. It
is BO with the expert operator. The general
sound 'of ' the clicks Is all that Is necessary.
The writer remembers once talking with a
"
telegrapher at a tlmo when his whole at
tention was absorbed by what I was saying.
For over ten minutes an Instrument had
, been clicking away near at hand. Suddenly
* my friend wheeled sharply about and went
to the key ? He had heard his name In the
clicks , of tbo Instrument. To him It could
not have been plainer than If some one had
shouted It in his car.
Another curious fact is style In telegraph
ing. Tbo manner of the clicks themselves
varies enough to enable an operator to dn-
tect at once variations In the sendlngs. The
writer has seen cases of this In the Western
Uniqn offices. Philadelphia culls up Now
York , -and tbo receiver In New York at one *
responds'with : "Hello , Tom , Is that you ? "
or "Dick , " or "Harry , " recognizing the dif
ferent men by the style and manner of their
"Morse" as friends would recognize one an
other over the telephone by the sound of
the voice. There were two operators once In
Salamanca , N. Y. , great chums , who usel
to' telegraph to each other by the hour
from different ends of the town during slack
business ! ; 'O"n6. of these men his name was
Siurgls- went west finally , got mixed up In
rm'lnrtfcm rtrWand , according to'report , was
killed. "Five years later his friend was in
the Western Union office ot New York on a
Sunday afternoon , when business was dull.
He was sitting upon a receiving desk , when
Chicago called up , asking who was there ,
riaitontly the man on the desk Jumped to
the keypad sent back : "Sturgls , is that
you ? Wo heard' that you had been killed. "
And Sturgls Jt was , sure enough. Just what
it Is that gives this style to operators , and
precisely what the otylo Itself may be , can
not be very clearly explained , but telegraph
ers have jtholr styles for all that , Just as
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writeis do"nnd they can be detected thereby.
ONE OF EDISON'S FEATS.
Out the export or even the average opera
tor is not confined to bis key in the matter
of sending' messages. Two operators con
talk to each other by the mere touch of
their fingers in tbo dark or , If needs be ,
can communjcato to each other In a-crowd ,
unnoticed , by- the same method. There is
ft story of'Edjson the wizard that Is well
worth repeating here. Edison was a mar
velous operator In his younger days and
at ono time managed to transmit his
messages even when his wires had been
broken , .tile was the agent In n railway
station located upon ono side of the
Ohio , the * next station was on the other
bank ot the river and also In n railway of
fice. On , the day that the wires parted all
communication was cut off until Edison go !
aboard a switch engine that was standing
it the depot and began to call up the other
ildo by means of the cng'lnc's whistle. The
other operator understood at length am
luring almost the entire day the two engines
wore hoarsely whistling messages at each
other. * .
ftN AMUSING MISTAKE.
Homer someflmcs nods , and oven tbo ex
pert operator.can make mistakes. C. S
Lnwton , a aome time employe In the Went-
" '
irn Unloa"'ofuces , tells the following amus
ing anecdote on himself. He was receiving
i dlspatch'frbm Albany , in which the sende
was not over-careful In the matter of spnc
Ing his ktfert. Lawton took the address as
follows : J'prA. Wing , room car agent , cen
tral depot. New York. " The dispatch came
back with' the marginal report that there
was no sikh' person at the address named
The operator at Albany was called up , am
explanations. ' followed , in consequence o
which the address was correctly changed to
druwlng roonvtar agent , central depot. Du
e\cn a mbro.-ahaurJ mistake was once made
In the Bamtrofflces when a wire was receive
tor "Jamci' W. allies , plo clerk , Brooklyn
uasty yard. " - This was afterward amended
lo read "JamrstiW. Qlllcsple , clerk , Brooklyn
Davy yardi"
The oxper telegrapher's great chance
comes nt'tfia 'time of national conventions
ind presidential tlcctlona. Speed'like light-
' nlng variety ; ! ? then a requisite of hi * every
movement. During the last republican con-
rentlon Frnnk J. Khlni , press operator o
Iho Flrook'iyu * In staff , covered hlmsel
Hid his p pcKwitb. ftory and
speed record wM6K rllHoin remain tin- '
roken. Khlm * hf d'planned. for this feat
wccki ahead by learning to operate a lino-
rpo. At the time nf the nomination Khlm
ilnced himself at linotype , his Rounder at
its elbow , As the4 Bounder /began to click
10 news from Chicago Klhm "received"
10 message and ran It oft on the linotype ,
'he first part of tHc "speech " was In the newa-
apcr forms ready for printing before the
pcech Itself waa ended , and the paper with
verbatim report of the speech was being
old upon the streets of'Dcooklyn before the
udlence In the convention hall of Chicago
ad ceased Its applause. *
STORY OF A BOMBARDMENT.
A good story of telegraphing done under
crllous conditions Is told by Mr. P. J. Tier-
icy of the New York cable , office as follows :
I was once working a line which had a
icro at thn other-end of It. I was reminded
t the story the other day , when It was In-
Inmted In the newspapers that our cables
would be cut In case of war with Spain.
Veil , they were not cut during the last
revolution In Brazil ; they were not cut when
tie former Chilian government was over
thrown by the leaders of the Chilian navy ,
and they were not cut In several other
places where the conditions were about the
ame as now exists between here and Cuba ,
lut to go on with my story. It was during
no of those South American revolutions , t
will not say where , for various reasons. The
Ity In which this telegraph operator sat
> ai being bombarded. Every report which
vent out ot the place had to be examined
> y a censor and no news of the bombard'
mcnt was supposed to Icavo the place. Yet
knew of the bombardment while It was
going on. ThofOffalr was of the most ab-
orbing lntercst , "fhasmuch as the operator
was sitting In the most unprotected part of
ho town , and shells were dropping thick
nd fast all around htm. In between the
rdlnary business he would Intersperse ejac
ulations which , perhaps , were as much the
csult of his nervousness as anything else.
For Instance , after a regular message would
omo the words , 'My ! that was n big fellow ! '
Then again 'That shell killed four. ' Again ,
There goes that old house down the street. '
Again , 'Hear that ono screaming ; wonder
vhere It will strike. " And so on , until ho
practically sent through n complete report
of the bombardment. I suppose the receiv
ers at our end of the line were the only ones
vho knew ot the battle until long after It
lad taken place , for of course these scraps
of news were not In a line of regular mes
sages and were not to be divulged. I have
always thought , however , that that man sit
ing In the midst of the falling shells was
entitled to more than the ordinary praise
which every brave man merits. "
A VETERAN'S STORY OF LINCOLN.
Mr. Charles A. Tinker , now superintendent
of the eastern division of the Western
Jnlon , Is a veteran who tells many a tale
of the ticker during our civil war. Mr.
Tinker was the operator for the War de
partment during that war. Ho knew Presl-
lent Lincoln well , and sent many a message
vhlch he dictated. He was the first man to
explain to Lincoln the workings of the tele
graph. This was long before Lincoln was
iresldcnt of the ynltcd States. Ho was
'
sending dispatches'1 from a hotel In Pekln ,
11. , when Lincoln walked Into the office and
said , "Mr. Operator , I have always ha'd a
curiosity to sec the telegraph work. You
don't seem to be very busy , and as I have
lalf an hour or so to wait for dinner , I
wonder If you would not explain It to me ? "
Hr. Tinker was only too happy to explain
the battery and the working of the Instru-
nents. Mr. Lincoln seemed to comprehend
t very readily , and when the lesson was
over , remarked , "How simple it Is when you
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FRANK L. CATLlfJ. MANAGER OF THE
TELEGRAPHERS' TOURNAMENT :
enow It all. " Later on , when Mr. Tinker
vas appointed for service In the War depart
ment , he saw Lincoln almost every day ,
and saw many Illustrations of his great
clndllncss of heart. When some particularly
innoylng message was received by the pres-
dent , It was often his flrst Impulse to reply
n kind. Mr. Tinker has In his possession
several messages which Lincoln dictated to
> lm on such Impulses of the moment , and
afterward asked him not to send them when
Us usual goodness of heart had worn off
tht edge ot his first anger.
THEf NEW IlOtT
lie ne en HI" Ilrceptlon In n New
Ntlrhborlinol.
The new boy In the neighborhood always
expects a trying time , says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. Ho" looks for covert thrusts
and hidden sneers , * and oven for belligerent
demonstrations. He confidently believes all
the boys in the new neighborhood arc bent
upon guying , him. He feels that It will
take him several bitter weeks to fit Into
his now position , and In the meantime he
must bo 'prepared for all hostile overtures.
The new boy In the neighborhood and his
younger sister had their first view of the
children next door a morning or two ago.
When they came In to breakfast the boy's
face was flaming.
"I'll smash the faces of these kids next
door , " said the boy as ho Hung himself Into
his chair.
"Why , my dear , " cried his astonished
mother "what have "
, they done ?
"Oh , well ; they stood out on the porch ,
an * made faces at us , an' said things. "
"What did "
they say ?
"They said everything. Didn't they , sis
ter ? "
"But what did they say ? "
"I tell you , they said everything nn' the
hired girl was there , too. "
"What did she do ? "
"Oh , she said things , didn't she , sister ? "
"Come , my boy. " put In the head of the
household , "let's narrow these generalities
down to the facts. What did the servant
girl say ? "
"She called us names , didn't she M
"What did she call you ? "
"She said 'good morning , children' an'
then the kids made faces at us , an' they "
"What kind of faces did they make ? "
"Why , they they grinned an' they called
sister names didn't they "
"What did they call your sister ? "
"They said , 'How do you do , little girl , '
on' then "
"There , " said the father , as ho unfolded
his napkin. "I guess we'll call the Incident
closed. The trouble with you , my boy , IB
that this neighborhood U .treating you alto
gether too well.But U you go right ahead
looking for trouble In the way you've started
out. you'll be apt to flnfl It In quantities
that will take away your breath. "
The boy snorted once or twice and then
the breakfast proceeded.
Thousand * of ufferer from srlpps h vo
been reitore to health by One Minute CoulB
Cure , * It quickly , curw coughi. foUlj8 ( bron-
ehltlf , pueumtahC > Brlppe , aittima tad ill
thrOAt > 0d ' * 4ta aa .
ROUNDABOUT WITH A , WARD
'ormer Manager of the Great Humorist
Relates Some Anecdotes.
HIS LAST DAYS IN GREAT BRITAIN
JSo American \Vnrn Kvcr , .Accorded
Marc Attention There III * Tnitut
( o the 1'rlncc Jollylnir
the Audience. . , .
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There walked down Pennsylvania avenue
one day last week , relates the Washington
Star , a man who , were he Insllned to write ,
a book telling of his experience * , might make
a fortune and at the panic time bo a lasting
benefactor to his fellowman. , I should
rather say that such a book wo\d | be a great
addition to the history of this country.
The first time that John Frederick Sutton
visited Washington he came an ono of the
avant couriers of Jenny Llnd. That was a
lone while ago. Ho Is now more than 70
years of age , but ho glides about from one
city to another and looks after his Interests
with the npryncss and ease ot many men
much hU junior.
John Frederick Sutton Is a native of London - '
don , but he came to America when he was a
very young man. In the ' 50's he worked at
the printer's case with the elder James Gor
don Dennett on the New York Herald , when
hat paper was a struggling sheet , Issued at
Fulton and Nassau streets.
Mr. Sutton was Arte nus Ward's manager
In America and waa with him a great deal
luring his marvelous lecturing career In
England. I asked Sutton to tell me some
of his experiences with Ward and ho kindly
consented to do so.
"My old friend P. T. Barnumwas the ono
who brought mo Into the show business , "
Sutton said. "Ho took a liking to mo from
the first time he saw me. I was at the case
n the Herald office when he came In ono
day and said to Mr. De.nr.eU :
' Bennett , you have a man here whom I
want. '
1 'You know , ' replied Dennett , who was
Darnum's warmest friend In these days ,
'that anything I have Is at your disposal. '
"That settled It , and I wejit Into the show
business , and there I h ve always brn.
But about Ward. Poor fellow ! He was one
of God's noblemen. The first time I ever
met him waa In San Francisco. I had been
to Australia with Tom Thumb. The next
dar after I returned I met E. Pr Hlngston ,
who was then Ward's manager , and ho In
troduced mo to the great humorist. Hlng
ston was about to return to the east. Ward
earned that my managerial engagement with
Tom Thumb ended In 'Frisco , and he asked
mo to look after his Interests on his way
back to New York.
"I at once took a liking to Drowne I
don't think I ever called him Ward while
talking with him and we made a fcatMac-
tory deal. The result was that I waa with
him corstantly for eighteen months. A hap
pier eighteen months I never put In. It was
Indeed an oasis , as I look at It now , In the
desert of a life of more than seventy yearo.
The western portion of our country waa en
tirely different then from what It 1-J now.
We played both small and Urge' towns and
business was always good. A _ s
' 'Browne was as well known In the mining
towns of Colorado or Montana , or Nevada ,
as ho was In New York or Washington.
Someof the receptions accorded him In
that country would have made a crowned
head envious. Everywhere wo went Browne
was welcomed with crowds that more than
filled the capacity of the eo-called theatern
of that new country. Dut everycne Is famil
iar with the attention given him In hla own.
country. His career In England was a meteoric
eric one. The people ot Great Britain not
cnly enjoyed hU droll humor they went
fairly wild. No American was ever so llon-
ARTEMUS WAR.D IN LONUON. '
Upon reaching New York , Ward started
for hla tour of Great Drjtaln undar the
management of hla old friend Kingston , who
had been through that country as an ad
vance tour while I WES bringing Ward back
from 'Frl'to. I became manager of Prof.
Anderson , the 'Wizard of the. North. ' as he
was called , who was also about to start for
a tour of Great Britain. Both Anderson and
Ward went on the eame boat , so we were
thrown together on the trip. In England
particularly there was scarcely a day that I
did not see Browne , and during the lest few
months of his life I made It a point to opend
ao much time with film aa I could.
"Anderson was holding forth at St. James
hall In London fit the same time trot Ward
was lecturing at Egyptian hall , Piccadilly.
There was no spirit of rivalry. AnJersrn did
a good bfslntes. Ward did a business that
has never been equaled , I am told , at EgJP-
tlan. hall. For months the elite of London
turned out to hear hlo lectures. There was
never a night that the hall was not packed
and thousands ot persons were driven away
because of Inability to get even standing
room.
"The queen honored him with her preswce ,
and occupied a box , w-.hlle the prince of
Wales , who at that time waa president of the
Savage club , what wouFd correspond In this
country to a press club , became a veritable
dhum The pace was too strong for Browne ,
and it killed him. I sometimes think that
I hurried his end. 'But ' 'what could I do ?
When ho was sick , ho would send for me If
I missed a day. And -while others of his
friends were telling him that he should bo
careful , ho would call me to his side and
gay : 'Sutton. my old friend , go out aod
bring to me a bottle of good , old cognac.
"I couldn't refuse ttilm. I saw that the
stamp of death -was on him and It was only
a matter of a short while before he would
leave this world. For -nearly two morths
before ho gave up lecturing and teak to ha !
bed 'he was practically Incapable of dolag
the work. IHIs doctors told him that he
must take a rest , but he refused to acedo
to their advice. And could you blame him ?
He was the talk ot London and all England.
No matter wttiat ho said , it was laughed at.
His .personality was charming. To meet
him was to love him. Sp different from
distinction In
many persons who achieve
a calling , there was not the slightest sugges
tion of affectation or ostentation.
WAJRD'S DnOLLEHY.
"Any anecdotes about Ward ? Hundreds
ot them , but J always feel sad wlhen I think
of those daya. Ulowevcr , .1 must tell you
of one little Incident that came under my
observation.
"Wo were In tbo Savage club one morn-
Inb about 4 o'clock. The prince of Wales
was feeling particularly- Jovial and 'he ' pro
posed to sot them up to the entire member
ship and guests. We went In to the bar and
dtlnks were arraoged. Some one suggested
a toast to the prince. iAt once there waa a
call for Ward. 'He ' was modest at the flrat ,
but when the demand was eo great , he turned
to the prince , glass In hand , and said :
" 'Well , ( Albert Edward , liere's my kind
regards. Gi/ntlemcn , your good health.
Let's all live wlthl-a our means. If wo have
to borrow ttu moaey to do It with. '
"You never saw a crows ! of Bohemians
display such appreciation. They shouted
In laughter , and no ono louder than the
prince.
"Browne was a devotee at the shrine of
brandy when he saw his physical strength
waning. Ho apparently couldn't get enougu.
It became Impossible for htm to get through
hla lecture without stimulant , and It was
positively amusing , though ead , the cchomca
ho would resort to to get to a bottle. I had
some spare time one night and I called on
the manager ot Egyptian Hall , and be pi
loted me through the big crowd and got me
within. Ward eaw me among the eea ot
faces , and he afterward told me be knew
I would appreciate the thing. In the midst
of hla lecture he looked up at the celling ,
then carefully surveyed the.hall. . Ho came
to an abrupt break. Changing the Inflection
of tils voice , he addrecaed hU audience eerl-
ouely.
A JOKH ON THE AUDIENCE.
" The ventilation in thta house ls very
poor. ' he began. 'I have repeatedly admonished
ished the janitor , but what I have eald
eeema to have teen unheeded. I acaurc you
this la no fault ot mine ; and not only that ,
I itand ready to refund money to those who
are cuffftrltif from thta foul air. '
"A look ot pity came over bis face. It
teemed u It tears would dim hla eye * . Ha
toked back a crb ncV eald :
" 'U you will Mtdon me moment , I will
endeavor to aright what the Janitor has
neglected. '
"He walked off the itago and Into the
wlnn , where he picked up a bottle ot brandy
and ( wallowed about half. Atter wiping hl
lips he returned to the stage and eald !
" ' 1 trust the air will DC butter here now.
And I can assure you that the Janitor will
be discharged. Above everything els6 wo
mu t have pure atr here , or I reluse to go
on with my lecture. '
"Tho audience ( seemed to sympathize with
Ward. After the lecture I met Ward , and
he told me that he did that Just to uhow mo
how easy It was for a lecturer to take a
drink In the middle ot hla lecture. I aaw
Ward the day before he died. That was the
last time. I saw hfe ll/e was drawing to a
close , but I cheered him up ; and he waa
cheerful , too. I toW hjm that I had been
thinking of going over to Manchester , but I
gup tied I would wait a day or two , eo I
wanted to be ot auy. ; ietance ! I could to
him. He cracked a. . joke and eald that ho
was coming along all night.
" 'Don't stay ca mjr account , Suttcn , ' he
said to me.
"I went over to , Manchester and when I
arrived there In the < mornlng I found a tele
gram awaiting me Ut the hotel apprising
mo of his death. II shall never forget the
dndnces shown by i , the literary frlendn of
Ward In Lotvlon. Some of them were con
stantly at hla side. U'artlcularly do I recall
George Augustus , Sala , E. P. Hlngston ,
Andrew Halllday , John Holllngsworth and
Jamca Willing. "
HtSSI.\X ! I.AUK MAKKHS.
I'rnnntit Women Who Do the Work
HnlNp All Tholr Oil 11 uMnU'HiilM.
Tbo Russian peasant women make their
lace In the winter. In the summer there Is
not so much tlmo for It , for they have their
agricultural duties. The peasants' never buy
anything for their work , says the New York
Times. If they have their accds they raise
the flax and spin the thread and make the
lace , or they raise the sheep and spin the
fine wool and make the beautiful Orenburg
shawls. Sometimes a woman will make her
lace from the very beginning , planting the
eee-Js pnd doing all the. work , even to sell-
lr the lace clio has made , but not always.
Some of'the women raise the flax and do
the spinning and exchange with the lacc-
makcrs , but they always do It among them
selves. It Is all peasant work. They do
everything for themselves , and the men even
make the spinning wheels and looms for
weaving.
T-s women get up very early , perhaps 4
or 5 o'clock In the morning , and they work
until 11 or 12 o'clock at night. But they
arc a gay people , and In the evening a great
many peasants gather In one house , and
they will bring their work and sing as they
work , or sometimes they will stop for a lit
tle while and dance , and then go to work
again.
They do not knaw any other life , and they
are very happy. They do all their work for
themselves , and have no boEscn.
Some of the designs ot the lace arc very
old , and many of them they make up from
the things they see around them , dcalgna
from the frost on the window.
Every thread In a pleco of lace has to
have a pair of bobbins. The children begin
with narrow lace with about ten pairs of
bobbins , -ind the women use more or less ,
according to the width of the lace. The
lacemrUers usually live In one place , and
the women who do ether kinds of work are
together In other towns. There Is one town
not far from Moscow which Is filled whh
lacemakers , and as soon as jou get near
the town ycu can hear the sound of the
bobbins. The shawl makers live in the
province of Orenburg , which gives the shawls
their name. Thev are made of finest dowu
of the sheep , selected from the wool , and
the fine yarn Is spun and the shawls are knit
with two ordinary knitting needles. It will
tae ! a woman four months to make one
four yards square. They are SD soft and
fine that three of them can be drawn through
a finger ring at once. It will take a woman
all winter to make a piece of lace ten or
twelve yards long and half a yard wide ,
and she does not get more than ? 4 or $5
for It. They are very strong laces , and they
will wear for hundreds ot years.
AMEIlllCAX OAKS.
Uneil I'retty'Much ( EverywhereIn All
the 'Wuter of the AVorlri.
Oars are made of eah and of spruce by
far the greater number of ash In factories
located mostly 'Inwetern states east of
the 'Mississippi river iln proximity to the
fnirsts whfnce the wood of which the oars
are made la taken. Oars arc made almcst
wholly by machinery , , sajs the New York
Sun , some hand-work being dcue In finishing
them. Ash oars are-made In various lengths ,
-anglng from Fix fe-st to twentr-four feet ;
they are usc-1 for all working purposes and
for many pleasure boats. 'Spruce oars cf six
to ten fee t in Itogth are likely to be used by
people who row tor pleasure , and spoon oars
from six to fourteen teat in length for racing
are made of spruce. ,
American oars are -used pretty much all
over the world ; in t many countries almost
exclusively. The British governmcot has
for years bought all ol the oara used on Its
war vccsels In th.ist country , makljg anew
now contract yearly. The contract for the
present year's supply la held by a New
York City firm having' factories In the west.
American oara are used also on Frtuch ,
German , Italian and Dutch ships.
The oars exported to European countries
are chiefly of lengths from ten feet up
ward. Oars of shorter lengths they su.pply
themselves. To Aoisirla the United
States send oara of all lengths , aud the
same Is true of South America. Up and down
the coast of South America non-a but Ameri
can oars are used , and in any harbor 4n the
world where a man la seen rowing a beat ,
In China , Japan , anywhere. It Is more than
likely that ho Is pulling .with American
oars.
oars.The present annual output ot American
oaa Is estimated at B.000,000 feet , enough to
reach in an unbroken line of cars placed
on3 to end from , aay New York to Chicago.
It has teen greater. The decrease Is duo to
tbo use of the bicycle and to the largely
Increased use of lauachea and various other
motive powers. These agencies have been
most effective In tills country , but they are
now In some degree operative In all parts of
the 'world. A great many -more are still
used , however , ani there are factories In
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Detroit Journal : "Widowed ! " shrieked
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